The grammar of ornament
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- Publication date
- 1856
- Publisher
- London : Published by Day and Son
- Collection
- smithsonian
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Volume
- c. 2
- Item Size
- 723.2M
statement of responsibility: by Owen Jones; illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament. One hundred folio plates, drawn on stone by F. Bedford, and printed in colours by Day and Son
Added t.p. in colors
With contributions by J.B. Waring, J.O. Westwood, and M.D. Wyatt
Order of the individual groups of pages: [2], 6, [2], 4, 6, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 8, 2, 3, 2, 2, 7, 5, 15, [1], 4, 14, 4
'Books referred to for illustrations, literary and pictorial': 1 p. preceding pl. LXXIV
action: Laique II NK1175.J78 1856 CHMRB ; title page 1998/04/10 through 1998/09/15 William E. Baxter International Gallery Dempsey
"Books referred to for illustrations, literary and pictorial": 1 p. preceding pl. LXXIV
Laique II
CHMRB has two copies
CHMRB c. 1 (39088012147781; accession no. 208450) is imperfect: the added t.p., the t.p., and some other preliminary leaves have been repaired because of slight damage to their edges. Some of the plates have had their fore-edges closely cropped, affecting some plate numbers
CHMRB c. 1 has a later red cloth binding with a printed beige paper spine label; with binder's ticket for the Sky Meadow Bindery (Feb. 1991) mounted on back paste-down endpaper
CHMRB c. 2 (39088012147732) is the gift of David Martin, Jr
CHMRB c. 2 has an old gilt-tooled black half-leather binding with burgundy embossed-cloth-covered boards, a gilt-stamped black leather panel with the cover title, and all edges gilt
Added t.p. in colors
With contributions by J.B. Waring, J.O. Westwood, and M.D. Wyatt
Order of the individual groups of pages: [2], 6, [2], 4, 6, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 8, 2, 3, 2, 2, 7, 5, 15, [1], 4, 14, 4
'Books referred to for illustrations, literary and pictorial': 1 p. preceding pl. LXXIV
action: Laique II NK1175.J78 1856 CHMRB ; title page 1998/04/10 through 1998/09/15 William E. Baxter International Gallery Dempsey
"Books referred to for illustrations, literary and pictorial": 1 p. preceding pl. LXXIV
Laique II
CHMRB has two copies
CHMRB c. 1 (39088012147781; accession no. 208450) is imperfect: the added t.p., the t.p., and some other preliminary leaves have been repaired because of slight damage to their edges. Some of the plates have had their fore-edges closely cropped, affecting some plate numbers
CHMRB c. 1 has a later red cloth binding with a printed beige paper spine label; with binder's ticket for the Sky Meadow Bindery (Feb. 1991) mounted on back paste-down endpaper
CHMRB c. 2 (39088012147732) is the gift of David Martin, Jr
CHMRB c. 2 has an old gilt-tooled black half-leather binding with burgundy embossed-cloth-covered boards, a gilt-stamped black leather panel with the cover title, and all edges gilt
- Addeddate
- 2011-03-24 14:25:53
- Call number
- 39088012147732
- Call-number
- 39088012147732
- Identifier
- grammarornament00Jone
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t4xh0fm59
- Identifier-bib
- 39088012147732
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 8.0
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL6555001M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL15836693W
- Pages
- 326
- Possible copyright status
- Not in copyright.
- Ppi
- 413
- Year
- 1856
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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August 14, 2024
Subject: Beautifully detailed work
Subject: Beautifully detailed work
By current standards, some examples are excessive, but not all. I’m impressed by the high quality of the color plates, especially for a 19th-century book.
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February 18, 2023
Subject: This beautiful scan is from the Met's Watson Library's
Subject: This beautiful scan is from the Met's Watson Library's
This scan is from the Met's Watson Library's edition of Owen Jones's The Grammar of Ornament, with the first 1856 folio edition at front.
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September 11, 2019
Subject: Pleased to find this book here!
Subject: Pleased to find this book here!
Thank you very much for sharing this book, it is absolutely wonderful to have access to this book!
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February 26, 2019
Subject: Marvellous book
Subject: Marvellous book
What an inspiring book and very good quality scans. So pleased to have found this copy on Archive.org, available for free too. Thank you!
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March 22, 2016
Subject: Problem solved!
Subject: Problem solved!
Beautiful book!
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